(adjective) : sŭper-văcŭus, a, um
* Useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant (not ante-Aug.; while supervacaneus is class.): omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat,Hor. A. P. 337: non tam obest audire supervacua quam ignorare necessaria,Quint. 12, 8, 7: carnes,Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 69: coma,id. 16, 36, 64, § 158: radix,id. 25, 9, 64, § 111: frondes,Col. 5, 5, 19: mihi Baias Musa supervacuas Antonius facit,of no benefit,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 3: sepulcri honores,id. C. 2, 20, 24: metus,Ov. P. 2, 7, 6: cultus lupini,Col. 2, 11, 5: doctrina,Quint. 2, 8, 8: labor,id. 3, 6, 65: facta,Suet. Tib. 52: pugna,Just. 3, 7, 4: multa,Plin. Pan. 50: littera,Quint. 12, 10, 3: dolium, App. M. 9, p. 219, 19: quod monere supervacuum fuerat,Quint. 1, 4, 22; 11, 2, 45; Col. Arb. 26, 9; Plin. 25, 10, 74, § 121: qui dicit: tu occidisti, supervacuum habet postea dicere: ego non occidi,Quint. 7, 2, 21: quale sit describere supervacuum habeo,Plin. 27, 12, 99, § 125: diligentiam in supervacuis adfectare,id. 17, 1, 1, § 9.— Adv. with prepp.: res ad praecavendum vel ex supervacuo movit,Liv. 2, 37, 8: quid est iracundia in supervacuum tumultuante frigidius?to no purpose, uselessly,Sen. Ira, 2, 11, 2; id. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 6; id. Ep. 70, 15: adjectio vicini pro supervacuo habenda est,Dig. 8, 4, 5.—Adv., superfluously, uselessly.
* Form sŭpervăcŭō, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 87; Dig. 11, 7, 14 med.; 18, 1, 64.
* Form sŭpervăcŭē, Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 20; Tert. ad Mart. 1; Vulg. Psa. 24, 4; 34, 7.